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Braves ride Smith’s arm, hot bats to first-round tourney win
OXFORD — A seven-run first inning got the Talawanda High School baseball team off to strong start in its Division I sectional tournament game Tuesday.The Braves won 12-2, using a bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning to end the game with a mercy-rule finish. The win sets up a Thursday ...
THS ready to host first SWOC track championships
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s new track will host the first-ever Southwest Ohio Conference track championships on Tuesday and Thursday with the Braves having a solid chance to win the girls’ title.Talawanda coach Paul Stiver said he does not want to point to specific athletes or performances for this season, ...
Braves prepping for postseason baseball tourney
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s baseball team will open postseason tournament play Tuesday with a home game against Princeton at 5 p.m.The Braves will host Princeton in a first-round sectional game in the Cincinnati I baseball Division I tournament. The winner will play Thursday at 5 p.m. against the winner ...
12 THS athletes making the jump to college
OXFORD — A dozen Talawanda High School senior athletes will continue their athletic careers in college, playing for a variety of Division III schools. Interim Athletic Director Denise Zimmerman, herself a college athlete in D-III, said the 12 seniors should be proud of the opportunity to continue in their sports ...
THS searching for 3 new coaches
OXFORD — Three coaching positions are now open at Talawanda High School, just as the search has begun to fill the athletic director’s position.Before leaving the district this week to take an assistant men’s basketball coaching position at Ball State University, Athletic Director Jason Grunkemeyer announced that the high school ...
Talawanda AD exits, will coach at Ball State
OXFORD — Lured back into college coaching when the right situation arose, Jason Grunkemeyer stepped down this week as Talawanda High School Athletic Director.He moves now to Muncie, Indiana where he will be an assistant on the staff of Ball State University men’s basketball coach James Whitford, who was named ...
Braves looking for timely hits
After a strong start to this season, the Talawanda High School softball team has run into a string of losses lately, but its coach is optimistic improvement is near.“It’s OK. We hit a rough spot,” coach Christina Beckett said. “I think it will prepare us for the postseason. I like ...
Braves reload, take aim at another tennis title
OXFORD — Six league championships in a row have not dampened the enthusiasm of the Talawanda High School boys’ tennis team as it tries to make it seven in a row this spring.Optimism is high among the varsity players and coach Pete Thomas.“Last year we lost four seniors. We just ...
Senior-laden Braves in sync early
OXFORD — Senior leadership is a valuable commodity for any high school coach in any sport and Talawanda baseball coach Pete Maus has plenty of places to look for it this spring.His roster has 11 seniors among the 19 currently listed players and most are back from last year’s 18-9 ...
New conference, new challenges for THS track
OXFORD — Talawanda’s track team is gearing up for a big season and did some preparation with an indoor season that saw two of its top athletes make it to the state championships.Coach Paul Stiver is hoping that the trip to state is just a sign of bigger things to ...
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